Canadian Academic Librarians and the Need for a Systematic and Comprehensive Research-Support Model
Expectations for Canadian academic librarians’ research have evolved, but not all librarians have access to the support systems needed that aid and enable them to conduct and publish research. A survey was sent to librarians asking about the research supports available and most useful to them. “Rese...
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The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians
2019-06-01
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| description | Expectations for Canadian academic librarians’ research have evolved, but not all librarians have access to the support systems needed that aid and enable them to conduct and publish research. A survey was sent to librarians asking about the research supports available and most useful to them. “Research” was not defined and was left to the interpretation of the participant. The survey found that supports are sporadic, possibly leading to a two-tiered research climate between “haves” and “have-nots.” It is essential for academic librarians to initiate and engage in conversation about what library research is and how librarians’ research competency may be improved. This should lead in turn to conversations about the support systems needed, which ones the universities and the libraries should provide, and how having a comprehensive research-support model would help librarians engage more with research, increase their research output, and improve the quality of their research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f1ce069d0a24b5da841637f286bdae62022-12-21T17:50:41ZengThe Canadian Association of Professional Academic LibrariansCanadian Journal of Academic Librarianship2369-937X2019-06-01510.33137/cjal-rcbu.v5.29213Canadian Academic Librarians and the Need for a Systematic and Comprehensive Research-Support ModelMaha Kumaran0University of SaskatchewanExpectations for Canadian academic librarians’ research have evolved, but not all librarians have access to the support systems needed that aid and enable them to conduct and publish research. A survey was sent to librarians asking about the research supports available and most useful to them. “Research” was not defined and was left to the interpretation of the participant. The survey found that supports are sporadic, possibly leading to a two-tiered research climate between “haves” and “have-nots.” It is essential for academic librarians to initiate and engage in conversation about what library research is and how librarians’ research competency may be improved. This should lead in turn to conversations about the support systems needed, which ones the universities and the libraries should provide, and how having a comprehensive research-support model would help librarians engage more with research, increase their research output, and improve the quality of their research.https://cjal.ca/index.php/capal/article/view/29213academic libarianshipresearch supportCanadapractitioner-researchers |
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| title | Canadian Academic Librarians and the Need for a Systematic and Comprehensive Research-Support Model |
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| title_short | Canadian Academic Librarians and the Need for a Systematic and Comprehensive Research-Support Model |
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